Born Robert Zimmerman in 1941, took his stage name from poet Dylan Thomas. Key songs known in Chinese: 《Blowin' in the Wind》(《
答案在风中飘》), 《Like a Rolling Stone》(《
像一块滚石》), 《The Times They Are a-Changin'》. His 2016 Nobel sparked huge debate in Chinese literary circles over whether song lyrics count as literature.